“Every time I sing this song, I hope it’s the last time,” says the weary troubadour played by Bruce DuBose at the start of Undermain Theatre’s stunning production of An Iliad, a condensed retelling of Homer’s epic poem of the Trojan War. As conceived by co-authors Lisa Peterson and Denis…
Oh, dear, oh, dear. From the sublime experience of An Iliad to the stumbling and mumbling of amateurs in Ugly People at Fort Worth’s Pantagleize Theatre Company. Everything you shouldn’t do on a stage they do, from upstaging each other to forgetting lines to engaging in the kind of shout-y…
At around the four-minute mark of my first viewing of the Cloud Atlas trailer, as the M83 track swelled to its bursting point and a hoverbike darted through future-Korea, I remember emailing and GChatting at least a dozen friends with a link to the preview and my take: “Holy Shit.”…
Sometimes reality is scarier than fiction; especially when that reality is liquored up, filmed, edited and filtered through your television. The Quarter Bar is hosting a Reality Bites Halloween Party and Costume Contest from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, complete with Stoli Honey BooBoo shot specials and live music…
When’s the last time you got to run around Cowboys Stadium like you owned the place? While you may never get a chance to kick it old school with the Boys themselves, Thursday night you’ll be able to take to their turf and have some fun while helping Golds Gym…
The Dallas Opera launches its “Pursuits of Passion” season Friday with a glamorous gala event and the opening-night production of Guiseppe Verdi’s hugely popular romantic drama, Aida. The opera centers on the tribulations of a young Ethiopian princess enslaved by Egyptians who falls in love with her captor. She’s then…
an you believe Found Magazine is more than 10 years old? Yeah, we’re aging. Since Found’s inception, we’ve followed the career of its creator, Davy Rothbart, and watched him explore his passion for communicating underrepresented stories through his contributions to This American Life (that one about Mister Rogers still amazes…
If you’re the type of person who likes to help animals, but also likes to get their swagger on, then Howl-O-Ween is the party for you. It’s a full-power costume bash that benefits the SPCA of Texas and has bottle service for $150. If you’re not down for VIP-ing your…
Combine slutty Halloween costumes, a bunch of Maxim models and several bottles of Jim Beam into one location, and I think we know where the male population of Dallas will be this Saturday night: the Maxim Halloween Party at Zouk. Zouk (703 McKinney Ave.) will be the site of one…
All’s fair in love, war and the quest for the Shiva, or at least that’s the takeaway from the FX’s series The League. The semi-improvised comedy focuses on the dysfunctional lives of six friends who spend more time sabotaging each other than actually learning about their fantasy football rosters. Season…
We all have our things. Some people travel to all of the taco stands in the land, others collect Revolution-era stoneware, and then some are full-bred, pedigreed cat people. For them — or us, because who are we kidding here — there is the Cat Fanciers’ Association All-Breed and Household…
As you sat on Woodall Rodgers over the past few years, staring at taillights, you wondered about Klyde Warren Park. What would it look like? When would you be able to access the Tollway again? Would there be food trucks? The answers are nigh, my friends, because said park opens…
You know what’s scary? Buying or making your kids a Halloween costume and only putting it to use once. There’s a lot of effort required: thinking up a great concept and assembling the pieces is labor-heavy, especially for one night of trick-or-treating. I personally believe that you should hit up…
Even the street style of a city like Johannesburg is enough to make a Dallas fashionista envious. Those seemingly effortless pairings have layers of complicated design behind them — and once you delve into couture runway looks, well, just step aside, USA. We get a chance to open the window…
In most people’s minds, Halloween equals two groups of people: kids running around in costumes, hopped up on candy, and adults watching old horror flicks, drinking lots of hooch. Leave it to Young Variety, the Children’s Charity of Texas, to find a way to let the second group of people…
Raise your hand if you’ve never seen John Carpenter’s Halloween. Now explain to everyone how, in the 35 years one of the most legendary horror movies has existed, you haven’t taken the time to watch it. If you’ve witnessed the introduction of Michael Myers to the world, know that you…
As you age, your perception of Halloween shifts. You see things more philosophically, and it’s in that exploration of death’s abyss that your fears are triggered. What if you couldn’t cross over? What if your soul wound up penned between two worlds with no hope of transcendence? It’s a terrifying…
The Dallas Arboretum made a bold announced this morning: Dallas, like, really loves Chihuly. The show has brought in 461,332 visitors since opening in early May with the potential to draw thousands more during the holiday season, but the show was scheduled to close on November 5, marking a tidy,…
In my own life as a writer I’ve pit my shortcomings to things which felt seemingly out of my control. I’m guilty of it. I’ve blamed the easy targets: required page views, deadlines, and the daily vacuum of emptiness, disguised as content. But there are others whose contributions to the…
There’s a scene from the 1929 surrealist film Un Chien Andalou that everyone who’s taken a film history class will remember: A man (Luis Bunuel, the writer-director) is sharpening a straight razor on his balcony. He then takes the blade and runs it along his thumb. The film shows a…
Sex. Love. Dope. Violence. Rock ‘n’ roll. Gary Oldman. Sid Vicious and Nancy Spugen set the bar for dysfunction in punk rock coupling. Their violence drove their passion. Their daily diet of heroin didn’t help the matter. Still, there’s something charming about that love story. Not fictitious film romance, “Rocky…
Don’t worry if your Halloween costume hasn’t come to fruition — that’ll work out. The important thing is to organize your weekend in advance. You’ll want to hit all of the big parties and maybe a few black sheep events to get the most mileage from that outfit — whatever…
